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E Z2 EE VOL; XXIX. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MAECII 2ft 1874. NO. . liittoit Iclcgrajil). KSTAKMPHKO IN 1839. Ol. SERIES Vol. xxxv. PublisWd Every Friday by Tohia 13. "Will in - TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, in (ulranre, $2 00 tt" Single copies in -wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. ! HAMMOND. His Sermon to the Convicts. liclow w publish, the remarks of Mr. Hammond to the convicts in the MU-aburi Stato PrUou, during his recent visit to JciTerson City. They admirably show the wonderful adaptability ns well as the . caruet religious feelings of the speaker: .... My friends, every sinner in this world if in (he prison of sin, hedged in nnd surrounded by bolts and bars, from which there Is ' no possible escape, except through pardon by Jesus Christ. Many hundred in St. Louis have recently escaped from this prison-house of sin, and many 5m ' Jefferson City will soon follow their example. Let me tell you a little story. A littlo bird once bui'lt a nest in the vJiich. about t ho window of a kind heart Oil family they soon became interested in it, they watched the progress of its construction, then counted tho littlo eggs as they were deposited, until it contained four, and then .came tho days of incubation, and at last tho littlo bird. The family watched with groat interest tho; carorof the .parent, birds as thev-would gather; worms and bugs lor their little ouei aitd,,syiupathizcd!witli them in their efforts to raise them. At length the young birds were grown and readv to throw off parental authority, and enter the world oii their own responsibility. At a lainily consultation it was agreed that one should- take its first exercise in flying. H was impatient of restraint, spreailout it wings to show that they were beautiful and strong. At last the vain mother told it to go and make its fortuned The bird family were all called to witness its departure. It made tho effort, started oft' gaily and confident Iv, but soon 4tt inexperienced - wings gave out, llrfeil to tho grass, and the cat caughtlt.5 There was great distress in that , bird -fuioily, but alter many davs tinio brought relief ; the 6ad fate of tiio little bird had been forgotten. Another proposed to get from under parental restraint, and- tae dny was appointed when it should say good-bye to the little nest. The mother objected and argued that it might share t ho same fato of the other. But her.autkority was of no force, her entreaties of uo avail. The bird took its flight, but it, loojiftcr awhile came to the ground and the cat caught it. Then thero was great mourning again in the family, but after awhile the third tried, and the same fato followed it. Then tho kind hearted family got a wire cage and incarcerated the remaining voting bird in it, add 'Suspended it near to the nest. The mother carne and fed it daily through tho grates. ' At first it seemed moody and discontented, but one day it said to its keepers, this confinement made mo very unhappy, but how I am perfectly happy"; 1 feel so secure, that I don't fear the cat at all. 'New this illustrates the condition of many of you young follows in here. vYoa wouldn't obey your parents, you would have things your own way, thought you knew more than everybody else, ran off from home, to escape paren-tal control, fell into temptation, the devil followed you like that cat watched for the foolish young birds, and brought you to yonr present grief. But alter it all if von wilt love Jesus and serve him, yon will feel like the littlo bird in the cage, so secure from his snares that you may be happy within these bolts and bars. Yes, happy as any body in the wide world, won't you do it ?" J TURN OVER A NEW LEAF. "Hoys, you cannot afford to spend this spring so.- Can you write a grammatical letter ? . Can you spell correctly Till our every day words? Do you know where and where not to use capitals ? Do you know where Calcutta is ; or who tho representatives to Congress are from your state? I verily believe you don't. I have seen kcholara struggle through quadratic equations and alligation, who afterward persisted in placing a period after Miss, aHeomiua after Mrs., and commenced th?ir first love-letter with a little I. If you were my pupils this spring I should ask you to pack away your algebra, astronomy, arithmetic (beyondinterest),.- until you spelled don't' with an apostrophe,' and nntil, with one I. I shouldn't wonder if you should mutter, 'she can't do the sums herself, that's why abe docs so."; No matter for that, l should require you to write notes, bills, orders, spelling lessons, all the geographical names in the geography, and letters, o that if In the future you got the mitten on account of bad orthography, it should not be my fault. You know girls notice such blunder. Spelling and writing ought to bo first In your studies. You don't realize what mortification an ignoranco of them will cause you in the future. Perhaps there is a situation as a clerk, book-keeper, &c. that you are hoping to obtain some time. Do you supposo a merchant would ask. before employing you, "Can you ex tract the cube root, of .O0-'1067x ?" Would not the question more probably be, "Are you a good penman ?" Rovs. I 'want you to make the most of this spring's term of school. You can't afford to waste an hour oT time. This spring's work will tell heavily on your manhood. You can't aHort to lend a helping hand to any fuss that may be brewiug in school. .It's your place to stop it. You can't afford to chew gum or plague the teacher in any way. Supposing you don't like her very well. If she can teach, you are bound to respect and obey her in all things. There is one other branch you should attend to, and that is your ability of expressing thoughts. Perhnrps you have committed a lesson perfectly, but from a diffidence or a lack of the gift of gab, you tumble and hesitate so, in reciting, the teacher marks tho lesson as a failure. To know a lesson is one thing, and to gay it Is another, if you are what people call a "tonguey" fellow, pa right nlonir and don't read this; but if your idea are easily muddled, words hard to find, I advise you to talk every chanco von can find. Recite your lessons orally, and keep standing until you have expressed yourself in every topic. If youcanget the other boys to join you, forirt A debating club to meet at noon, or after school, ami you will bo astonished to see what rapid improvement you will make in expressing yourself.There is a great vacancy coining. A vacancy in presidential, judicial and gubernatorial chairs. From your generation these posts of honor will be filled. It is for you to say where your place shall be. QgT Tho ladles of Boston have somewhat modified the temperance crusade tactics. They .have decided not to conduct prayer meetings in saloons, but will mo lest !v interviewed tho saloon-keepers personally, and do their best to persuado them to give up the traluc. 1 his is ter. bet- The Battle Against the Bottle. What, do yoij think of the women's crusade against whisky? Without debating the question of right or justice, as applied to the war now being waged by the women of several Stales against intemperance, we wish briefly to consider the strength of the forces opposed to them, and their chances of success upon tlm plans adopted. The New York Jiveniny J'ust publishes a tabular statement, compiled troui official documents, showing the magnitude of the traffic in liquor in the l iiitcd States. From it we learn that during Jhe year 1870 there were spent for intoxicating drinks in the several Slates the enormous sum of $l,4.K:,.,4yi,8t'.", w hile I he whole amount paid during that year for flour, meal, cotton goods, boots, shoes, clotliin&f, woolen goods and newspapers was only $!"O,()0O,U(H. There were 1 tl),-((() licensed liquor saloons, whose aggre gate daily patrons, is estimated at o.iiOO,-000, and over half a million people are directly and indirectly engaged in the business.' Anticipating the difficulty of realizing the immensity of the thing! when stated in dollars ami cents, the 1'osf estimates the quantity of distilled, fermented and brew ed liquors drank that year cuflicicnt "to fill a canal four feet deep," fourteen feet wide, and eight miies long; and if all the drinkers could be placed in procession. live anreasi, iney would make an army one hundred and thirty niiliM long!" The women have undertaken not only to vanquish this vast host, Hut to eradicate from it a habit which has become a second nature to the larger part. And herein they will fail. Some are so blind in their zeal as to believe if they can close up the saloons, men will cease drinking and become of themselves temperate. True, intemperance will bo diminished somewhat by such a consummation, but, so long as the (iovernment of the United Stales recognizes the manufacture of intoxicating liquor as a legitimate business, anil derives an annual revenue of six million dollars from it; so long as States and municipalities give countenance to and license the retail traffic in it so long will it be worse than useless to attempt any such reform as is now advocated by the women of the land. Wo say worse than useless, because we feel that their failure which is assured by the very nature of things will fasten the evil upon us with a firmer grasp than ever the recognition of Its power, which such failuro will give, serving as an "al most impregnable breastwork against future assaults. ' The women have commenced the cru sade at tho wrong end. Their earnest ness and zeal cannot but bo admired. Their judgment or their want of it is deplored by all who desire to see a check placed upon tho growing intemperance of the land. They are unprepared to batllo with such an" array of ineiu and such powerful inonied interests. ' They are with means and without 'organiza tion. Their only weapon of aggressive or defensive warfare consists in the consciousness that their cause is i 11st, and with that alono to console them, they will soon, wo fear, give up tho fis lit. When the war is ended, and the smoke of battle cleared away, they will realize that they have been beaten, not by the vigorous resistance of their opponents, but by their own inert weakness and lack of discipline. Some may see the great mistake made, and, alter proper reflection, inaugurate another nnd more reasonable crusade agaiirst the evil, which shall comprehend tho raising of millions of dolla'rs with which to establish and maintain free libraries and read ing-rooms in every city and village in tho land ; that shall be able to say to the one hundred and forty thousand saloon-, keepers of America : "Look here, gentlemen, we are your friends. We believe your business is calculated to produce great suffering among mankind and to augment crime, while it is certainly injurious and unprofitable to you. We know tho government derives a largo in come from it, and that you are sustained by the local laws of many States. Wo are aware vou depend upon it for a livelihood, and that many of you feel thai to give it up would be to invoke, hunger and rags. We have made provisions for all such, and will guarantee that none shall suffer for the lack of agreeable and remunerative employment. We seo in you the material for excellent citizens, and our efforts shall ever be exerted in securing for yours every encouragement in other lines of business. We are not fighting you, but your occupation, and we have not asked you to relinquish it without having provided something better." Then, turning to the young men of the land, say : "We are engaged in a crusade against the evil effects of intemperance, and have succeeded in closing up the many resorts to which you arc accustomed. Wo realize the necessity for a substitute, and have provided it. Here are comfortable and pleasant rooms, furnished with books, newspapers, and all the games to which you have become attached. Here you can spend your leisure hours as you choose, only restricted in your liberty by such rules as arc necessary for maintaining perfect- order and quiet. Itisforyoii that we have labored. We will deny you noth ing essential to youi better natures, and the only compensation we ask is that you cease using intoxicating liquors." Then the holy crusaders can turn to Congress and say : "We have destroyed your most prolific source of revenue: but we aro willing to pay six millions more a year for our silks, and laces and diamonds. We only ask that you adopt such measures as will forever "prevent a revival of the whisky traffic. " As wo have taid before, tho women have not commenced tit the root of the tree. Their efforts may be likened to an attempt to slop the fall of water at Ni agara by damming t lie river a mile bis-low.COLORADO MOUNTAIN PEAKS. James T. Gardner, tho geographer of the Ilayden Scientific Expedition iu Colorado, tho past season has contributed a brief article to (he American Journal of Science, iu which several interesting facts are grouped iu regard to the number and elevation of the mountain peaks of that region. He slates that from Ml. Lincoln two hundred peaks can be counted, of 13,000 feet ami over. Of the three great ranges which lie between latitude 118 degrees .'!0 minutes 40 degrees and !10 minutes, the most eastern was named the Front, range, in which aro Long's Teak, Mt. Ton y, Gray's Peak, Mt. Rosa, Pike's Peak, Mount Evans, attaining an elevation of from 14,000 to 1 l,'J!M feet above the level of the sea. West of (lie Front range lie the great parks, separated from each other by comparative low or broken cross ridges. Parallel with it and about forty miles far-ther west. Is a grand lino of mountains, forming the western boundary of the South, Middle and North parks. We named this tho Park range. Us highest points are near the junction ot the cross ran go that divides South from Middle park. They arc the Mt. Lincoln group, which include twenty peaks that exceed 13,000 feet iu height. ; and its culminating points, Lincoln and Quandary, rise above ll.OOO. Twenty miles tarilier norlii, tin range becomes 11 very sharply cie-ted wall, with many 13.000 foot peaks, ami with its culminating point a rising to 13,-300 feet. This we call the lSlue river group. To its northern-most and highest summit belongs tho name of Mt. Powell, from the gallant explorer by whom it was first ascended in 18(i8. From Mt. Powell northward thcrcare no high peaks until opposite the North Park, w here tho range rises again into summits of PJ,tX0 feet and oyer. West of the Southern part of thitf very yr.aud Park rane i the Arkansas valley ; and beyond this valley is another grand line of heights, heretofore unnamed, and which wo call tho National range. The highest part of the National range commences about twenty miles south oft lie Holy Cross, in Grand Mountain, opposite the town of Oro, in the Arkansas valley. C rand Mountain is about 11,-1)0 feet high, and from here to ;V.) miles larther South the whole range is elevated to Ki.oOi) feel, while there are ten peaks that rise above 14,000 feet, some of t hem dny htlcs reaching 14,400. These culminating points rise at intervals of live to eljrht miles along the crest of the range. The one next south of (J rand Mountain is Mt. Elbert ; the next is La IMata Mountain ; then comes the peaks named by Prof. J. 1). Whitney iu 1809, Mt. Harvard and Mt. Yale, and so on. Tho National range is one of the grandest on the Continent. Through nearly its whole extent it forms the divide between the waters of the Atlantic aud Pacific oceans. West of this range, and connected with it, is a group of mountains, lying in a triangle between the Grand river on the north and the Gunnison river 011 the south, and known. as the Elk Mountains. The most elevated peaks of this group form a ridge about thirty miles long, nearly parallel with the National range, ami some thirty-live miles west of it. At, the northern end of this line of elevation, in latitude 36 degrees 15 minutes X., is Sopris mountain, a long dome shaped ridge, about 13,000 feet high. Ten miles to the sou Hi of it is a sharp cone, overtopping all its neighbors, and rising to about 14,000 feet ; this we have named the Capitol. Three miles further, south is another great peak, only about filly feet lower, which we call the White House, from the conspicuous snow field, about a mile in horizontal breadth aud having a slope of half a mile, which covers its eastern front. This snow-mass is by far the largest we have found in the mountains of Colorado, and distinctly marks and characterizes tho peak, even as seen from the Front range, eighty miles away. Yet further south, live and ten miles respectively, are two 14,000-foot peaks, of dark red sandstone, which we cull Maroon mountain and Castle peak. We expect, to publish accurate panoramic drawings of each of these four ranges ; nothing but these and photographs can. give an idea of their grand forms aud interesting structure. It seems very remarkable that, iu a region where "there are so many high peaks, tho culminating points should nil range between 14,000 and 1 1,500 feet. So far as I know, there are twenty-two summits of this class in our district. AN OBSTINATE WOMAN. Tho most obstinate saloon-keeper the praying women have encouutered is an Irish woman, who sells whisky at Greenville, Tenii., named Mrs. Ward. At last accounts tho crusader had been encamped nine days before her doors, aud the Milesian heroine was still holding out. On the 2oth ult., the crusaders wcro reinforced by Father Marro:;, a Catholic priest, from Nashville. The good Father tried a little strategy. Instead of attempting to go into the saloon, he went to the barracks and sent word to Mrs. Ward. The latter immediately locked up her place and went to see him. What passed at tho interview is not known. They were closeted for two hours, but. as ho went back by the next train, and she immediately went back to her saloon, and the contest was renewed bvher with more fervor than ever there is littlo rea son to doubt that she had the best of the argument with the Father. The next morning the besiegers offered to pay Mrs. Ward an iudemuity if she would surrender the citadel. At noon Mrs. Ward, tinder a flag of truce, met the enemy and agreed to capitulate aud leave Greenville with all her forces on the payment of $2,000. As 110 immedi ate reply was made, sho returned to her stronghold. The besiegers kept 011 with prayers and songs, and, loud above the din, Mrs. Ward replied with cheerful Milesian objurgations. Tho next morn ing there was a division 111 the councils of the besiegers, some being iu favor of raising the ulemnily, and others opposing it strongly, their voices being still for war. The battle was then renewed. Tho crusaders drew up in line of battle anil delivered melodious broadsides at the sa loon Mrs. Ward, from an upper window, replying with a rattling tire of choico expletives. About noon Mrs. Ward appeared at t lie wiudow, with her face wreathed in smiles, and blew a trumphct-blast of joy. Thirty saloon-keepers of Chattanooga hail sent her a handsome sum of money, w hieh the express messenger delivered at the back door without the knowledge of tho crusaders. The money was sufficient to enable her to hold out for a long time to come, and at last-accounts she was holding out, andjthc besiegers were getting tired. '1 wo thousands dollars would gel lier out, but the question at last accounts was whore can tho monev be raised 'i ONLY A BLUSH. What is thero morn mysterious than a blush, that a single word, or thought, or lookshould send that inimitable carnation over the cheek, like the soil tints of the summer sunset ? Strange it is, also that the face only, aud that the human face, is capable of blushing that the hand or tool does not turn red with modesty or shame any more than does the glove or sock thai covers them. It is the face that bears the angel's impress, it is the face that is heaven. The blush of modesty that tinted woman's face when she awoke in Eden's sunny laud still lingers with her lair daughters. 1 hey caught it from the rose for all the rose's were first white hul when ICve plucked one, tho bud, see ing her own fair lace more tair than the flowers blushed, and cast its reflex 011 her velvet ehei k. The lace is tho tablet of the soul, whereon it writes its actions. There mav be traced all tho intellectual phenomena with a confidence amounting to a moral certainty. It innocence and purity look outward from within, none the less do vice, intemperance and de bauchery make their iudelablc impres sion upon it. Jdioeraey, rage, cowardice and passion leave their traces deeper even than the virtues ot modesty, truth, chas tity and hope. Even beauty grows more beautiful from the pure thoughts that arise within it. The Smallest Postofflce. "Now where do vou suppose the small est post office is ? asked Uncle Clarence, out; evening, as lie laid down a magazine Ik; had been reading. "Away of iu Coloradonr Montana, or 111 some oil hose new sections ot country, answered Lewis. "1 here are some pretty small ones there no doubt; but the one I refer to beats them all for littleness, it is kept in a barrel." All tho children lauglwd, and practical Jenuv remarked, 'I should not think there would be much room for the postmaster to turn around." , "It has no postmaster' said Uncle Clarence "it keeps it self." Curiosity was now wide awake, to know all about this wonderful postotlicc. "It, is situated or rather hung, 011 the outermost rock of the mountains, overhanging the Straits of Maugcllcn, opposite Terra del Fuego. Every passing ship opens it lo place letters in or to take them out. Every ship undertakes to forward all the letters in it, that it is possi ble for them to transmit. How many homes have been made bright bv these messages, left iu the barrel postofliu s. It hangs there by its iron chain, beaten and battered by the winds and storms, but no locked and barred oflice on land is mote secure. It is not in the track of mail robbers." MOIETY THIEVES. How Jayne and Sanborn made their Fortunes. ' George Alfred Townsend in a letter to the Chicago 2'ribtme, says : . The person intrusted with the keys of character is a singular man to look upon. His name is Jayue, aud he told mo he was a connection of Dr. Jayne, the nostrum-maker of Philadelphia. lie was raised iu Northern Pennsylvania, although brought up in New York State. lie has a low forehead, a scared, wild look, a nervous temperament, and a body apparently ruu down with bad health or nervous excitement. Men in such pursuits commonly drink the bowl they are preparing for others. What detective against high character ever died with much estate, health, or honor ? Even Lafayette Baker expired obscurely. Johuathan Wild was hanged. Some go crazy ; others are disgraced '; one or two have gone to the Pennsylvania Legislature, apparently to give it character ; and some pass in the most natural way, to tho Penitentiary. Society and morals, law and publicism, ot the spy system. It is a bad way to make a thief to catch a thief. Even the newspaper busiuess has been invaded by police detectives ; aud I am told that W. P. Wood, the organizer of all the spies in the United States service has established a "school of journalism." God help us who expected to write and not to speak for a living! This mau Jayne, who had himself made so many meu tremble, as they were confronted by him iu the private inquisition chamber of the custom house, showed, before the Ways and Means committee, actual seiisibilitiy,and cried out that what ho had done was in strict accordance with the law aud his commission ; and turning to the merchant testifying there, he said that they were smugglers as a class. He was made to keep quiet ; but ho proceeded nevertheless to lobby among the members. He is said to be absolutely rich, having made above $200,000, or as much as the President of the United States can honestly save in eight years. Thus do we see what mighty dividends arise from the accumulation of the $250,000,000 aforesaid. May it not strike many readers that the custom house system is iu itself a concentrated evil, particularly when duties are laid to accomplish a price iu the home-market, instead of with the object of satisfying the plain exaction of the revenue ? But, while Jayne may plead that he is an oflicer under the law, what sort of law was that passed like many acts of Congress, without challenge or reflection; which authorized tho Treasury department to delegate to persons other than official the d iscovcry of evasions of the revenue r Mere a new set ot spies appear upon the scene, of whom Sauboru is the chief. This man is a commonplace, keen-eyed, business-faced fellow, also in the de tective line. lie is the Identical person to whom Banjamin Butler suggested that he should take a Boston hotel-register and have it photographed, in order to ap pear to put a Western member of Congress inimical to Butler in improper relations with certain females also regis tered there. This photographed registry was then disseminated through tho member's district : and there beiran that in discriminate parade of the weakness of public meu 111 tilings non-esseutial and non-official, which has been, on the whole, of no satisfaction, cither to the public service or purity of tho press. Yet such a fellow, the tool of an assassin, is also proved to have become rich by the secret practice of discovering evasions in the domestic revenue, and in nearly every case his discovery was so commonplace that a blind official might have gone to the spot. It is palpable that this Taw was made to increase the area of moiety, aud transfer from the treasury large sums of money to spies, counsel and officials, all together in the conspiracy. The burden, of such villainy as tho above is to be traced directly to but two or three meu in the Congress of the Uni ted States, (jreucral ISutler is the person who is the medium of nearly tho whole of such turpitude, devised iu the depart ments, lie is mo counsel tor both the spy and the sufferer. And yet, iu the absence of Mr. Dawes, he has assumed to be the leader of Congress, aud, it is whis pered, win support Dawes for tho Unit ed States Senate, combining for that pur pose me vote ot the Berkshire members with such in the East as he can control. POLK AND WISE. The nomination of Mr. Polk was the result of au intrigue oonceived for the purpose of defeating Air. Van Buren, who was the unnuestioned choice of a majority of the Democratic party. The sinister combinations necessary to the success of the plot, by which such dis tinguished chaniDioua of the nartv as i;oionei ueuioii ana uas W right were r . - ... . :--- disobliged aud disaffected, led to embar rassmeuts and complications which ham pcred and obstructed the administration, ana operated to the preiudice of Mr, Polk and the good name of the country, lie was not a great mau. using that oual- ifvinar word in the sense uaimllr emnlnv. ed to describe the most distinguished of 111 contemporaries; but tie was blame- loss in ins private life, of fair capacity. excellent judgment, good common sense, patriotic intentions, and uncommon mor al courage. Physically, he had no stom ach for a fight, and when Wise assaulted Him in the itotuuda of the Capitol, iu stead of catling him to account for the affront, he passed it by with comparative indifference. He was Speaker of the House at the time, and Wise, who was always impetuous and hot-headed when there was not more to gain by controlling ins temper, rescuieu some landed injus tice 111 uie ruling 01 llio chair. The at fair mado some stir at the time, aud Geu-erel Jackson was disgusted that an insult so gross should not have been settled in accordance with the rules that then reg ulated the conduct of men of honor. An Old Staffer, tn Harper's Magazine fur March. WALKING HORSES. One of tho most desirable and valua bie gaits for ahorse is a walk, aud it should bo the aim to first develop this gait in the handling of the colt. The good walker will always make good time on the road when a day's journeying to be made, without wearying himself, while the slow nioper must be constantly kept on ine trot ir tune is to be made. A horse that will walk five miles per hour will go as far in a day, confined to this gait, as an ordinary horse can bo driven when kept half of the time to tho trot and with much greater case to himself. If one-half the pains were taken by farm ers' boys to make fast walkers of the youngsters on the farni that Is usually taken to make them trot, the result would be much more beneficial, and we would find plenty of teams that could do their five miles au hour with ease. But instead of this, as soon as tho colt is bri died, the sole aim of "tho boys" is to make a trotter of him, and both gaits arc spoiled. Make the colts walk, boys, make them extend themselves iu a long, sweeping, square walk, and don't be satisfied with anything less than five miles an hour. When he gets to trotting he will go all the faster for this preliminary training to the walking gait; and if he cannot trot fast enough to beat Dexter, or Goldsmith Maid, or Occident, he will have a gait that is valuable for business purposes. Wo hope to sue more attention paid to fast walking than heretofore, aud wo respectfully urge upon agricultural societies the importance of ottering liberal prizes for walking hrrses at tho fairs for'the coming year. National Lire Stovk Journal. WHY? Why Is the wrong so strong. And the right so weak and poor? Why goes black bread to the patient man, And gold to the evil door? Why dies the noble cause We perilled life to save. While the baleful growth of an upstart sin U'ershadows a nation's graver Why died that widow's son? Tie was all she had to bless. The children crowd round the selfish heart, And gain but a cold caress. Who reads the riddle right? And who can answer whv These clouds sweep over our mortal life? .Not you, brave priest, nor 1. Why came a throbbing pain To that heart so firm and fair. While tho crown of wealth of blithesome health Some ieser angcis wear? Why went that young life out On honor's perilous road? The carping tongue and the jealous mind ray nere 10 wpunu and goad. A picture once I saw Three crosses against the skv : And the heaviest cross was the highest one : Perhaps that answers why. To wave the banner and wreath Was the privilege of the Jew : But the boon to carry that heavy cross was reserved, dear Lord! tor you. A WOMAN'S POCKET. The most difficult thing to reach is a woman's pocket. This Is especially the case if the dress is hung up in a closet, and the man is in a hurry. Wo think we are safe in saying that he always is 'fast' 011 such au occasion. The owner of the dress is in the sitting room serenely engrossed in a book. Having told him that the article which he is in quest of is in her dress pocket in the closet she has discharged her whole duty iu the matter, and can afford to feel serene, lie goes at. the task with a dim consciousness that he has been there before, but says nothing. On opening the closet door and finding himself confronted with a number of dresses, all turned inside out, and presenting a most formidable front, he has tens back to ask "which dress i" and be ing told the brown one, and also asked if she has so many dresses that thero need bo any great clfort to find the right one, be returns to tho closet with alacrity, and soon has his hands ou tho brown dress. It is inside out like the rest a fact he docs not uoticc, however, until he has made several ineffectual attempts to get his hand into it. Then he turns it around very carefully and passes over the pocket several times without being aware of it. A nervous moving of his hands, and au appoarauce of prespiration 011 his fore head aro prcceptiblo. lie now dives one hand in at the back, and feeling around, finds a place, and proceeds to explore it, when he discovers that he is following up the inside of a lining. The nervous ness increases, also the prespiration. He twitches the dress 011 the hook, and suddenly the pocket, white plump and exas perating, comes to view. I hen ho sighs the relief he feels, and is mentally grateful ho did not allow himself to use any offensive expressions. It is all right now. lhereisthe pocket in plain view not the inside but the outside aud all ho has to do is to put his hand right around in the inside and take out tho article, lie can't help but smile to think how near ho was to getting mad. Theu ho puts his hand around to tho other side. He does uot feel the opening, ile pushes a littlo further now ho has got it he shoves the hand down, and is very much surprised to sec it appear opposite his knees. 11c had made a mistake. He tries again again he feels the eutrance aud glidA down it only to appear again as before. ibis makes him open las eyes and straighten his face. He feels of tho outside of the pocket, pinches it curiously, lifts it up, shakes it, and after peering closely about the roofs of it, he says "lty uracious I" and commences again, lie does it calmly this time because hurrying ouiy makes matters worse, ile holds up breadth after breadth, goes over them carefully, gets his baud first into a lin ing, then into the air again, (where it always surmises him when it annpRi-sA and finally into a pocket, and is about to cry out w Ith triumph, when he discovers that it is in tho pocket to another dress. Ile is mad now ; the closet air almost sti fles him ; he is so nervous he can hardly contain himself, and the pocket looks at him so exaspcratcly that he cannot help but "plug" it with his clenched fist, and immediately docs it. Being somewhat relieved bv this performance he has a chance to look about him, and sees that he has put his foot through a baud-box and into the crown of his wife's bonnet : has broken the brim of his Panama hat which was hanging in the same closet. and torn about a yard of bugle trimming from a new cloak. As all this trouble is due directly to his wife's infatuation in hanging up her dresses uisido out, he immediately starts after her, and impetuously urging her to the closet, excitedly and almost profanely intimates his doubts of there being a pocket iu the dress, any way. 1 lie cause ot the uuliappy disaster quietly inserts her hand inside the robe, aud directly brings it forth with the sought for article in its clasp. He doesn't know why, but this makes him madder than anything else. Danbury News. . TEXAN SPORT. Sportsmen find au agreeable abiding place iu Texas. On the prairies almost every kind of wild animals abound. In the Northwest are the wild horse or mustang and the fierce buffalo. The deer and the antelope, the moose aud the mountain goat arc plentiful, not to mention tho jaguars, the' pumas, wild-cats, black bears, ocelots, wolves and foxes, and such smaller game as peccaries, opossums, raccoons, hares, rabbits and squirrels. A special feature of wild life is the Crairio dog or marmot, dwelling iu holes 11 r rowed iu the ground. Their numbers are so great that the traveler may sometimes journey tor days together without losing sight of them. The leathered tribe are also abundant, including birds of prey and birds of sport. There is tho bald-headed caglo and the Mexican eagle, vultures, owls, hawks, wild turkeys, wild gcoso, prairie hens, canvas-baok and other ducks, teal, braudt, pheasants, quails, grouse, woodcocks, pigeons, partridges, snipes, plovers, rod-birds and turtle doves, lty the waters arc also found the crane, the swan, the pelican, the water turkey, nnd the kingfisher. The smaller birds aro numerous, and among them many of the most brilliant plumage, as tho oriole, the paroquet, the cardinal, tho whippoorwill, and the sweet-toned mocking-bird. Blackbirds abound, anil woodpeckers, blue-jays, starlings, red-birds, swallows, martens and wrens. In tho rivers and bays, there arc all the varieties of water-life from alligators to perch, pike, trout, green turtles and oysters. 3?" Mr. Ituscoe, of St. Joseph, was green enough to keep a pet coon, and the other day that coon broke his chain ami attacked Miss Ruscoc, biting her in a frightful manner. Her father ran to her rescue when the coon bit him severely, nipping one finger clear off and disfiguring both hands. A lot of dogs were brought to the rescue, and the coon whipped them, but was finally killed with clubs. We don't suppose Mr. R. would piiy a very handsome price for another pet coon. MISCELLANEOUS. THOMAS A. HOWARD, 31. !., Pliysiciau axid Surgeon, FlLTO., BIISSOISII. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Fulton and vicinity. Oflice over l)r, Jan. 2,1871, Tucker's Ilrug store. (-iy.) I.. IV. McKIXNEV, ATTORNS "2T-A TXL A W, FllYTOX, JHISSOl'RI, PRACTICES la the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Oikick (For the present) in the Tf.i.e- r.HAiMi I'rinting House. January 1'!, 1874. (20-tf.) ROBERT McPHEETERS, t oxcono, mo. TAEEf)S, MORTGAGES, &e., prepared on 'reasonable terms. January 2, 1S74. 17-tf A. W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, FULTON, MISSOURI- WILL attend to all cases entrusted to his care in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and in theSuprcniu Court of Missouri. B Particular and prompt attention given to collections. Office In Court House with I. W. Boul-wakk, Esq. January 2.1S74. S-tf. . E. M. BRYAftS, IV3. D., BARKERSVILLE, MO. TRESPECTFULLY TENDERS his professional services to the public. Can at. all hours be found at his olhcc unlessprotes-(25-ly) siouallv absent. May"!), 187,1. I i-. Ci . TVI. T2, o o t e w , DENTIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) IS now fully proparcd to perforin all Dental operations in the best an:l most scientific manner. All work warranted. Ofkicf. Over old Bank, Court street, Fulton, Mo. January 2, 1S74. 7 ly JNO. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick In the Court House. January 2, 1874. 8-Iy-l D. P. BA.IL1UY, Attorney at Law, FULTON,MISSOURI. WILL practice iu tho Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Okfick with I. W. HotTLWAitK in the Court House. Jan uary 2, 1374. 8 ly. Furniture Store. HENRY RABSAHL Has oponed a Furniture Store in CEDAR CITY, Mo., AND will keep constantly on hand a fine assortment of stock in this line of trade. He -will keep rose-wood, velvet and black walnut Cofllns. ltepairing and Upholstery and Cabinet work of all kinds will he done to order. Orders from a distance will meet with prompt attention. All persons are hereby warned that my prices both for labor and goods are in strict conformity to the hard times. So give me a call and thereby patronize and support home industry. II EX It V ltAKSAHL. Feb. 20. 1S74. (13-lini.) TZ. .T. PATTERSON, -AXD- Corncr Asylum and Nichols street, ITULTOIvi MISSOURI. O: -pETURNIXC, thanks for past favors and JLw respectfully reuuci't a continuance of the Panic. I desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Confections, Also, always on hand, . And .1 good assortment of C A. Iv ITu . Orders Tor Weddings and Parties So licited. March 7, 1873. (lC-tf.) C O TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal H to any in North Missouri, aud the most beautiful PORCLA1M PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can he had anywhere. A few copiea of PHOTOGRAPH!! HAERIASS CEMIFiSATES, SI ill on hand. Special pains taken with Ckildren, and in Copying. J4I.I.F.UY Over lis' Drug Store. March :U, 1S71. Ilcnloii Si. liar. 20-tf. 1 FARM FOR SALE. miiK I aeeSheley.dee'd.ii ml situated about three miles west of New ISIoouitielil, Callaway county, Mo., is olt'c red at. private sale. It consists of 320 acres of the best finality of timbered upland, about 1 IU acres in cultivation, mod-erateiuiprovumeiits. A lasting spring of water is on the land. Persons desiring to purchase the same will call on J. A. Nichols, on the premises, who will take pleasure iu showing the land. For terms of sale, they will address me at Independence, Mo. The title is perfect . .1 A M KS K . S 1 1 K L K Y , Kx'r of the last will and tvstament of Horace Sheley, decM. January 2, 1S71. Ls-tfJ MISCELLANEOUS. IMAJRTIIV HOUSE, MCYItO, MISSOUIII, JAMES W. BROWN, Proprietor. rrilllS house is thoroughly refitted and 1 furnished. Accommodations equal to any house in Mexico. The traveling public is respectfully invited to give this house a trial before going elsewhere. .Ian. Hi. 174. 10-3m. T. (Successor fo C. M. Wright & Co.) DEALER IX Paints and Oils, TOllet ilrticles, JDlZTtt STUFFS, PURE LIQUORS, For Medical Purposes. COURT STREET, FULTON, MO. C. M. WEIGHT, SALESMAN. April 11, 1S73. 21-1 y. CALLAWAY COUNTY avings Bank, PULTON, 31 0. EDWIN CURD W. T. SJiELL .-President. Cashier. DIRECTORS : D. M. TUCKER, JNO. A. IIOCKADAY, T. B. NESCIT, V. T. SXELU, EDWIN CURD. "TTriUU do a General Banking and Ex- Vf change Business. Collections and Re mittances Promptly Made, .lanuary 2fls74. (8-tf.) BLACKSMITH ING, AND HORSE SHOEING. T" AM NOW prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmithing in the neatest, most substantial and ex peditious manner. A1A WORK WARRANTED. IIOItSlC-SHOJEIJVO fl.50 I will pay especial atiention tori 0 R S E SHOEING, And Halter myself that 1 can give entire satisfaction to all who favor me with their pat ronage. 1 employ only ttrst class workmen and superintend all work done at mv estab lishment. Shop on Nichols street, just be hind Tkleokapii olhce. A. SLOAN. Oct. 13, 1871. 48-tf.j Dissolution Notice.- THE partnership heretofore exisiting between Jonas Crijrler and Henry Bragg, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. JONAS CRIULER, HENRY BRAGG. I wish to inform my friends and customers that I can bo found in the building formerly occupied by (iWes Bell, on Columbia street. prepared to furnish them with fresh Beef, I'ork and Mutton, at very low prices for cash only. Steak at...'. ...10 cts. Roast at 7 cts. Pork at... 7 cts. Sausage at 10 cts. HENRY BRAGG. Nov. 21, 1873. L'2-tf.l Mew Bloomfield BRU& STORE. rrilllS establishment is now in receipt of a 2 lull line ot all articles kept 111 hrst class urug stores, sucn as PURE lTUOS, Medicines and Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, stationery, uns, Paints aud Dye Stuffs, Lamps and Coal Oil and Patent Medicines ! CHOICE CIGAES ANB TOBACCO! T1IK BKST OF hih :ri Wines, Kept 011 hand, strictly for Medical Purposes. y2rPrescrilioii9 Carefully Coiu- pouiuieu. 'toa J. s. Dec. 5, 1S73. MAKER HI. I. (4-3m.) TAK"FI3T TJ3r "TjY.Tohn M. Baker, liviHr in Bourhon J y township, Callaway county, Wo., and posted before the undersigned, a Justice of the lVaee, a stray Steer of the following description, to-wit: About two years old at this lime, red, with white snots, markedunder-bit in right ear. Appraised to $18. (Jiven under my hand this 20th day of January, A. I)., 1S74. Wm. McGIIKE, .1. I. Feb. C, 1871. L13-3W. IN THE BIBLE. BY the author of "Xight Scenes in the ItiUe" and "Our Father's House." of wlin h nearly 200.000 have beer. sold. "Home Life" is commended by ministers of all churches as "the author's best book" "full of precious thoughts," "Truths precious as gene!.-' "a choice book for every family," .Sif. Steel engraviinrs. rose tinted paper, rich binding and lor rapid sale unequalled. Agents, Young Men, Ladies, Teachers, and Clergymen wanted in every county; $73 to $100 per mnii'li. Send for circular. . zi:h;m:ei sict iiuoi', r.o:i N'. Gih street, St. Louis, Mo. March 13, 1S74. U3w. For Sale or Rent. THE Subscribers will sell at a great bargain the lll;iti:i: MII.I. near Big-bee station together with 10 acres of land, upon which it is situated. There are upon this property three good tenement houses; also a good "coal bank on the premises. K. W. tUIJK.M AN, W m. V. RICKEY. Feb. 27, 1X71. L10-tf. Hi:si; ATION AS (UIARDIAX. -fOTICK is hereby given that 1 will, at the next May term of the Callaway county court, cnmuic ncin&ron Monday, Mav is, ls,t, resign my guardianship on. the es tates 01 Amanita c, and )ora M. Ilavs. 1J. S. HAYS. (Snar. Feb. -20. 1S71. (l.Vlw.) MISCELLANEOUS. PAUL WRIGHT. WILLIAM D1CU. . . t. . Wright, Dicus! & Co., GENERAL -l Commission Merchants No. IO 8. COMMERCIAL IT.' ST. LOUIS, : MISSOURI. 116.6m. -. Feb. 27, 1874. CITY RESTAURANT VALEKTIKE BECK, .Pn'r. "It TEALS at all honrg. Table at all thneft iyl f-unnlied with the belt the market af fords. Charges reasonable. Patronage a Ucited from the public. lec. m, J8il. (6-3m.) INSURANCE AGENCY. IF1. S. POST03ST. REPRESENTS THE - ! L' ,t Mutual Lift luuuei Cc d Assets Jan. 1. T3, 34,93,141.1S.k fire compacted; CONTINENTAL INS. CO. OF N. TORI, Assets, - 92,394(9MtSl PHOENIX OF HARTFORD. ' " Assets, Jan. 1, 73, $l,a3,4.ft AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., Of ST. LOUIS, M0. ; Assets ...S544,43.t. ST. JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE IXS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. , ; - Assets 494,lT.r. These Companies are all A No. I.1 The" rates are fair, and those desirinjr insurance should call on the undersigned at one.! , F. 6. POSTON. August 8, 1873. 39-1 JT. FULTON, MISSOURI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000; Wltu Power to Increase Sana te 20,000. ; F. G. NICIIOLS, .......Pftaljrr. WM. L. WHEELER, Cashim. WTUAj Buy and Sll Exchange oa St. tl 1 Louis and Eastern Cities: also. Gold Silver. County and City Warrants aud Vucar rent Money. t&" Accommodation? Afforded, Deposit! Received and Collections Made Promptly, and Remitted at Current Rates on Exchange. Boakd of Directors. F. O. Nichols, I. W. Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W. Turemaa and Win. II. Bailey. May 30, 1873. 25 Iy.l city Boot and Shoe Store! LOOK OUT FOR AND GO TO WILLIAMSOltf'D, Southwest Corner Public Square, - ALL LOWTOR CASH J ' Gents' Calf Sewed Boots, ' .' CJcnts' Calf Pegged Boo. 8, Gents' Kip Pegged Boots, . , y Boys' Calf Pegged Boots, ' ' Youths' Calf aud Kip B00I1. And the Best taiseal.of , - ;", MEN'S AND BOYS' 'SHOES Ladies' Fine French Kid Shoes, (frout and side lace ;) Misses French Kid , d Shoes, (front and side lace.) Also the most complete assortment ot Childrcns' Wear in Callaway county. mahwactIid mt . lie is prepared to manufacture all klnde 1 of MEN'S "WEAK in the best manner, of the best material and a perfect fit. NO FIT, NO PAY. CALL ON A TTT' 11 vv liimmson. Southwest Corner Public Square. , October 10, 1873. (40-tf.) M Lost. Era Msrl Just published, a new edltiou ot or. cuiverwell'B Cele brated Essay on the radical cure (w ithout medicine) of Spermatorrhea! or Seminal Weakness. Involuntary Semini.t Losses, liu potency. Mental and Physical In capacity, impediments to Marriage, etc.; also. Consumption. Epilepsy and Tits. In- 1 1 1 1 ...wl In. o.l i.i.li,ls..i.w. . - . gance. Beer I'rice in sealed envelope only 6 cents. The celebrated author, in thin mdmlrabla essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarniinjf consequences of self-abuse may be radically' cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the Vnife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain ami effectual, by means of which every sullerer. no mutter wb.it hi rnndiilnn may be. may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. every youth and every man in the laud. . Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cento, or two post stamps. -iuurees me l'lioiisnen, CHAS. J. C KLINE (k CO., 12T Bowery, New York. Post Olllee Box, (45S. Jan. 30, 1874. lMf. WE DO ALL KINDS OF JGB PRIM ting at less than St. Louis rates, aud ia letter style. , MUM:

E Z2 EE VOL; XXIX. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MAECII 2ft 1874. NO. . liittoit Iclcgrajil). KSTAKMPHKO IN 1839. Ol. SERIES Vol. xxxv. PublisWd Every Friday by Tohia 13. "Will in - TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, in (ulranre, $2 00 tt" Single copies in -wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. ! HAMMOND. His Sermon to the Convicts. liclow w publish, the remarks of Mr. Hammond to the convicts in the MU-aburi Stato PrUou, during his recent visit to JciTerson City. They admirably show the wonderful adaptability ns well as the . caruet religious feelings of the speaker: .... My friends, every sinner in this world if in (he prison of sin, hedged in nnd surrounded by bolts and bars, from which there Is ' no possible escape, except through pardon by Jesus Christ. Many hundred in St. Louis have recently escaped from this prison-house of sin, and many 5m ' Jefferson City will soon follow their example. Let me tell you a little story. A littlo bird once bui'lt a nest in the vJiich. about t ho window of a kind heart Oil family they soon became interested in it, they watched the progress of its construction, then counted tho littlo eggs as they were deposited, until it contained four, and then .came tho days of incubation, and at last tho littlo bird. The family watched with groat interest tho; carorof the .parent, birds as thev-would gather; worms and bugs lor their little ouei aitd,,syiupathizcd!witli them in their efforts to raise them. At length the young birds were grown and readv to throw off parental authority, and enter the world oii their own responsibility. At a lainily consultation it was agreed that one should- take its first exercise in flying. H was impatient of restraint, spreailout it wings to show that they were beautiful and strong. At last the vain mother told it to go and make its fortuned The bird family were all called to witness its departure. It made tho effort, started oft' gaily and confident Iv, but soon 4tt inexperienced - wings gave out, llrfeil to tho grass, and the cat caughtlt.5 There was great distress in that , bird -fuioily, but alter many davs tinio brought relief ; the 6ad fate of tiio little bird had been forgotten. Another proposed to get from under parental restraint, and- tae dny was appointed when it should say good-bye to the little nest. The mother objected and argued that it might share t ho same fato of the other. But her.autkority was of no force, her entreaties of uo avail. The bird took its flight, but it, loojiftcr awhile came to the ground and the cat caught it. Then thero was great mourning again in the family, but after awhile the third tried, and the same fato followed it. Then tho kind hearted family got a wire cage and incarcerated the remaining voting bird in it, add 'Suspended it near to the nest. The mother carne and fed it daily through tho grates. ' At first it seemed moody and discontented, but one day it said to its keepers, this confinement made mo very unhappy, but how I am perfectly happy"; 1 feel so secure, that I don't fear the cat at all. 'New this illustrates the condition of many of you young follows in here. vYoa wouldn't obey your parents, you would have things your own way, thought you knew more than everybody else, ran off from home, to escape paren-tal control, fell into temptation, the devil followed you like that cat watched for the foolish young birds, and brought you to yonr present grief. But alter it all if von wilt love Jesus and serve him, yon will feel like the littlo bird in the cage, so secure from his snares that you may be happy within these bolts and bars. Yes, happy as any body in the wide world, won't you do it ?" J TURN OVER A NEW LEAF. "Hoys, you cannot afford to spend this spring so.- Can you write a grammatical letter ? . Can you spell correctly Till our every day words? Do you know where and where not to use capitals ? Do you know where Calcutta is ; or who tho representatives to Congress are from your state? I verily believe you don't. I have seen kcholara struggle through quadratic equations and alligation, who afterward persisted in placing a period after Miss, aHeomiua after Mrs., and commenced th?ir first love-letter with a little I. If you were my pupils this spring I should ask you to pack away your algebra, astronomy, arithmetic (beyondinterest),.- until you spelled don't' with an apostrophe,' and nntil, with one I. I shouldn't wonder if you should mutter, 'she can't do the sums herself, that's why abe docs so."; No matter for that, l should require you to write notes, bills, orders, spelling lessons, all the geographical names in the geography, and letters, o that if In the future you got the mitten on account of bad orthography, it should not be my fault. You know girls notice such blunder. Spelling and writing ought to bo first In your studies. You don't realize what mortification an ignoranco of them will cause you in the future. Perhaps there is a situation as a clerk, book-keeper, &c. that you are hoping to obtain some time. Do you supposo a merchant would ask. before employing you, "Can you ex tract the cube root, of .O0-'1067x ?" Would not the question more probably be, "Are you a good penman ?" Rovs. I 'want you to make the most of this spring's term of school. You can't afford to waste an hour oT time. This spring's work will tell heavily on your manhood. You can't aHort to lend a helping hand to any fuss that may be brewiug in school. .It's your place to stop it. You can't afford to chew gum or plague the teacher in any way. Supposing you don't like her very well. If she can teach, you are bound to respect and obey her in all things. There is one other branch you should attend to, and that is your ability of expressing thoughts. Perhnrps you have committed a lesson perfectly, but from a diffidence or a lack of the gift of gab, you tumble and hesitate so, in reciting, the teacher marks tho lesson as a failure. To know a lesson is one thing, and to gay it Is another, if you are what people call a "tonguey" fellow, pa right nlonir and don't read this; but if your idea are easily muddled, words hard to find, I advise you to talk every chanco von can find. Recite your lessons orally, and keep standing until you have expressed yourself in every topic. If youcanget the other boys to join you, forirt A debating club to meet at noon, or after school, ami you will bo astonished to see what rapid improvement you will make in expressing yourself.There is a great vacancy coining. A vacancy in presidential, judicial and gubernatorial chairs. From your generation these posts of honor will be filled. It is for you to say where your place shall be. QgT Tho ladles of Boston have somewhat modified the temperance crusade tactics. They .have decided not to conduct prayer meetings in saloons, but will mo lest !v interviewed tho saloon-keepers personally, and do their best to persuado them to give up the traluc. 1 his is ter. bet- The Battle Against the Bottle. What, do yoij think of the women's crusade against whisky? Without debating the question of right or justice, as applied to the war now being waged by the women of several Stales against intemperance, we wish briefly to consider the strength of the forces opposed to them, and their chances of success upon tlm plans adopted. The New York Jiveniny J'ust publishes a tabular statement, compiled troui official documents, showing the magnitude of the traffic in liquor in the l iiitcd States. From it we learn that during Jhe year 1870 there were spent for intoxicating drinks in the several Slates the enormous sum of $l,4.K:,.,4yi,8t'.", w hile I he whole amount paid during that year for flour, meal, cotton goods, boots, shoes, clotliin&f, woolen goods and newspapers was only $!"O,()0O,U(H. There were 1 tl),-((() licensed liquor saloons, whose aggre gate daily patrons, is estimated at o.iiOO,-000, and over half a million people are directly and indirectly engaged in the business.' Anticipating the difficulty of realizing the immensity of the thing! when stated in dollars ami cents, the 1'osf estimates the quantity of distilled, fermented and brew ed liquors drank that year cuflicicnt "to fill a canal four feet deep," fourteen feet wide, and eight miies long; and if all the drinkers could be placed in procession. live anreasi, iney would make an army one hundred and thirty niiliM long!" The women have undertaken not only to vanquish this vast host, Hut to eradicate from it a habit which has become a second nature to the larger part. And herein they will fail. Some are so blind in their zeal as to believe if they can close up the saloons, men will cease drinking and become of themselves temperate. True, intemperance will bo diminished somewhat by such a consummation, but, so long as the (iovernment of the United Stales recognizes the manufacture of intoxicating liquor as a legitimate business, anil derives an annual revenue of six million dollars from it; so long as States and municipalities give countenance to and license the retail traffic in it so long will it be worse than useless to attempt any such reform as is now advocated by the women of the land. Wo say worse than useless, because we feel that their failure which is assured by the very nature of things will fasten the evil upon us with a firmer grasp than ever the recognition of Its power, which such failuro will give, serving as an "al most impregnable breastwork against future assaults. ' The women have commenced the cru sade at tho wrong end. Their earnest ness and zeal cannot but bo admired. Their judgment or their want of it is deplored by all who desire to see a check placed upon tho growing intemperance of the land. They are unprepared to batllo with such an" array of ineiu and such powerful inonied interests. ' They are with means and without 'organiza tion. Their only weapon of aggressive or defensive warfare consists in the consciousness that their cause is i 11st, and with that alono to console them, they will soon, wo fear, give up tho fis lit. When the war is ended, and the smoke of battle cleared away, they will realize that they have been beaten, not by the vigorous resistance of their opponents, but by their own inert weakness and lack of discipline. Some may see the great mistake made, and, alter proper reflection, inaugurate another nnd more reasonable crusade agaiirst the evil, which shall comprehend tho raising of millions of dolla'rs with which to establish and maintain free libraries and read ing-rooms in every city and village in tho land ; that shall be able to say to the one hundred and forty thousand saloon-, keepers of America : "Look here, gentlemen, we are your friends. We believe your business is calculated to produce great suffering among mankind and to augment crime, while it is certainly injurious and unprofitable to you. We know tho government derives a largo in come from it, and that you are sustained by the local laws of many States. Wo are aware vou depend upon it for a livelihood, and that many of you feel thai to give it up would be to invoke, hunger and rags. We have made provisions for all such, and will guarantee that none shall suffer for the lack of agreeable and remunerative employment. We seo in you the material for excellent citizens, and our efforts shall ever be exerted in securing for yours every encouragement in other lines of business. We are not fighting you, but your occupation, and we have not asked you to relinquish it without having provided something better." Then, turning to the young men of the land, say : "We are engaged in a crusade against the evil effects of intemperance, and have succeeded in closing up the many resorts to which you arc accustomed. Wo realize the necessity for a substitute, and have provided it. Here are comfortable and pleasant rooms, furnished with books, newspapers, and all the games to which you have become attached. Here you can spend your leisure hours as you choose, only restricted in your liberty by such rules as arc necessary for maintaining perfect- order and quiet. Itisforyoii that we have labored. We will deny you noth ing essential to youi better natures, and the only compensation we ask is that you cease using intoxicating liquors." Then the holy crusaders can turn to Congress and say : "We have destroyed your most prolific source of revenue: but we aro willing to pay six millions more a year for our silks, and laces and diamonds. We only ask that you adopt such measures as will forever "prevent a revival of the whisky traffic. " As wo have taid before, tho women have not commenced tit the root of the tree. Their efforts may be likened to an attempt to slop the fall of water at Ni agara by damming t lie river a mile bis-low.COLORADO MOUNTAIN PEAKS. James T. Gardner, tho geographer of the Ilayden Scientific Expedition iu Colorado, tho past season has contributed a brief article to (he American Journal of Science, iu which several interesting facts are grouped iu regard to the number and elevation of the mountain peaks of that region. He slates that from Ml. Lincoln two hundred peaks can be counted, of 13,000 feet ami over. Of the three great ranges which lie between latitude 118 degrees .'!0 minutes 40 degrees and !10 minutes, the most eastern was named the Front, range, in which aro Long's Teak, Mt. Ton y, Gray's Peak, Mt. Rosa, Pike's Peak, Mount Evans, attaining an elevation of from 14,000 to 1 l,'J!M feet above the level of the sea. West of (lie Front range lie the great parks, separated from each other by comparative low or broken cross ridges. Parallel with it and about forty miles far-ther west. Is a grand lino of mountains, forming the western boundary of the South, Middle and North parks. We named this tho Park range. Us highest points are near the junction ot the cross ran go that divides South from Middle park. They arc the Mt. Lincoln group, which include twenty peaks that exceed 13,000 feet iu height. ; and its culminating points, Lincoln and Quandary, rise above ll.OOO. Twenty miles tarilier norlii, tin range becomes 11 very sharply cie-ted wall, with many 13.000 foot peaks, ami with its culminating point a rising to 13,-300 feet. This we call the lSlue river group. To its northern-most and highest summit belongs tho name of Mt. Powell, from the gallant explorer by whom it was first ascended in 18(i8. From Mt. Powell northward thcrcare no high peaks until opposite the North Park, w here tho range rises again into summits of PJ,tX0 feet and oyer. West of the Southern part of thitf very yr.aud Park rane i the Arkansas valley ; and beyond this valley is another grand line of heights, heretofore unnamed, and which wo call tho National range. The highest part of the National range commences about twenty miles south oft lie Holy Cross, in Grand Mountain, opposite the town of Oro, in the Arkansas valley. C rand Mountain is about 11,-1)0 feet high, and from here to ;V.) miles larther South the whole range is elevated to Ki.oOi) feel, while there are ten peaks that rise above 14,000 feet, some of t hem dny htlcs reaching 14,400. These culminating points rise at intervals of live to eljrht miles along the crest of the range. The one next south of (J rand Mountain is Mt. Elbert ; the next is La IMata Mountain ; then comes the peaks named by Prof. J. 1). Whitney iu 1809, Mt. Harvard and Mt. Yale, and so on. Tho National range is one of the grandest on the Continent. Through nearly its whole extent it forms the divide between the waters of the Atlantic aud Pacific oceans. West of this range, and connected with it, is a group of mountains, lying in a triangle between the Grand river on the north and the Gunnison river 011 the south, and known. as the Elk Mountains. The most elevated peaks of this group form a ridge about thirty miles long, nearly parallel with the National range, ami some thirty-live miles west of it. At, the northern end of this line of elevation, in latitude 36 degrees 15 minutes X., is Sopris mountain, a long dome shaped ridge, about 13,000 feet high. Ten miles to the sou Hi of it is a sharp cone, overtopping all its neighbors, and rising to about 14,000 feet ; this we have named the Capitol. Three miles further, south is another great peak, only about filly feet lower, which we call the White House, from the conspicuous snow field, about a mile in horizontal breadth aud having a slope of half a mile, which covers its eastern front. This snow-mass is by far the largest we have found in the mountains of Colorado, and distinctly marks and characterizes tho peak, even as seen from the Front range, eighty miles away. Yet further south, live and ten miles respectively, are two 14,000-foot peaks, of dark red sandstone, which we cull Maroon mountain and Castle peak. We expect, to publish accurate panoramic drawings of each of these four ranges ; nothing but these and photographs can. give an idea of their grand forms aud interesting structure. It seems very remarkable that, iu a region where "there are so many high peaks, tho culminating points should nil range between 14,000 and 1 1,500 feet. So far as I know, there are twenty-two summits of this class in our district. AN OBSTINATE WOMAN. Tho most obstinate saloon-keeper the praying women have encouutered is an Irish woman, who sells whisky at Greenville, Tenii., named Mrs. Ward. At last accounts tho crusader had been encamped nine days before her doors, aud the Milesian heroine was still holding out. On the 2oth ult., the crusaders wcro reinforced by Father Marro:;, a Catholic priest, from Nashville. The good Father tried a little strategy. Instead of attempting to go into the saloon, he went to the barracks and sent word to Mrs. Ward. The latter immediately locked up her place and went to see him. What passed at tho interview is not known. They were closeted for two hours, but. as ho went back by the next train, and she immediately went back to her saloon, and the contest was renewed bvher with more fervor than ever there is littlo rea son to doubt that she had the best of the argument with the Father. The next morning the besiegers offered to pay Mrs. Ward an iudemuity if she would surrender the citadel. At noon Mrs. Ward, tinder a flag of truce, met the enemy and agreed to capitulate aud leave Greenville with all her forces on the payment of $2,000. As 110 immedi ate reply was made, sho returned to her stronghold. The besiegers kept 011 with prayers and songs, and, loud above the din, Mrs. Ward replied with cheerful Milesian objurgations. Tho next morn ing there was a division 111 the councils of the besiegers, some being iu favor of raising the ulemnily, and others opposing it strongly, their voices being still for war. The battle was then renewed. Tho crusaders drew up in line of battle anil delivered melodious broadsides at the sa loon Mrs. Ward, from an upper window, replying with a rattling tire of choico expletives. About noon Mrs. Ward appeared at t lie wiudow, with her face wreathed in smiles, and blew a trumphct-blast of joy. Thirty saloon-keepers of Chattanooga hail sent her a handsome sum of money, w hieh the express messenger delivered at the back door without the knowledge of tho crusaders. The money was sufficient to enable her to hold out for a long time to come, and at last-accounts she was holding out, andjthc besiegers were getting tired. '1 wo thousands dollars would gel lier out, but the question at last accounts was whore can tho monev be raised 'i ONLY A BLUSH. What is thero morn mysterious than a blush, that a single word, or thought, or lookshould send that inimitable carnation over the cheek, like the soil tints of the summer sunset ? Strange it is, also that the face only, aud that the human face, is capable of blushing that the hand or tool does not turn red with modesty or shame any more than does the glove or sock thai covers them. It is the face that bears the angel's impress, it is the face that is heaven. The blush of modesty that tinted woman's face when she awoke in Eden's sunny laud still lingers with her lair daughters. 1 hey caught it from the rose for all the rose's were first white hul when ICve plucked one, tho bud, see ing her own fair lace more tair than the flowers blushed, and cast its reflex 011 her velvet ehei k. The lace is tho tablet of the soul, whereon it writes its actions. There mav be traced all tho intellectual phenomena with a confidence amounting to a moral certainty. It innocence and purity look outward from within, none the less do vice, intemperance and de bauchery make their iudelablc impres sion upon it. Jdioeraey, rage, cowardice and passion leave their traces deeper even than the virtues ot modesty, truth, chas tity and hope. Even beauty grows more beautiful from the pure thoughts that arise within it. The Smallest Postofflce. "Now where do vou suppose the small est post office is ? asked Uncle Clarence, out; evening, as lie laid down a magazine Ik; had been reading. "Away of iu Coloradonr Montana, or 111 some oil hose new sections ot country, answered Lewis. "1 here are some pretty small ones there no doubt; but the one I refer to beats them all for littleness, it is kept in a barrel." All tho children lauglwd, and practical Jenuv remarked, 'I should not think there would be much room for the postmaster to turn around." , "It has no postmaster' said Uncle Clarence "it keeps it self." Curiosity was now wide awake, to know all about this wonderful postotlicc. "It, is situated or rather hung, 011 the outermost rock of the mountains, overhanging the Straits of Maugcllcn, opposite Terra del Fuego. Every passing ship opens it lo place letters in or to take them out. Every ship undertakes to forward all the letters in it, that it is possi ble for them to transmit. How many homes have been made bright bv these messages, left iu the barrel postofliu s. It hangs there by its iron chain, beaten and battered by the winds and storms, but no locked and barred oflice on land is mote secure. It is not in the track of mail robbers." MOIETY THIEVES. How Jayne and Sanborn made their Fortunes. ' George Alfred Townsend in a letter to the Chicago 2'ribtme, says : . The person intrusted with the keys of character is a singular man to look upon. His name is Jayue, aud he told mo he was a connection of Dr. Jayne, the nostrum-maker of Philadelphia. lie was raised iu Northern Pennsylvania, although brought up in New York State. lie has a low forehead, a scared, wild look, a nervous temperament, and a body apparently ruu down with bad health or nervous excitement. Men in such pursuits commonly drink the bowl they are preparing for others. What detective against high character ever died with much estate, health, or honor ? Even Lafayette Baker expired obscurely. Johuathan Wild was hanged. Some go crazy ; others are disgraced '; one or two have gone to the Pennsylvania Legislature, apparently to give it character ; and some pass in the most natural way, to tho Penitentiary. Society and morals, law and publicism, ot the spy system. It is a bad way to make a thief to catch a thief. Even the newspaper busiuess has been invaded by police detectives ; aud I am told that W. P. Wood, the organizer of all the spies in the United States service has established a "school of journalism." God help us who expected to write and not to speak for a living! This mau Jayne, who had himself made so many meu tremble, as they were confronted by him iu the private inquisition chamber of the custom house, showed, before the Ways and Means committee, actual seiisibilitiy,and cried out that what ho had done was in strict accordance with the law aud his commission ; and turning to the merchant testifying there, he said that they were smugglers as a class. He was made to keep quiet ; but ho proceeded nevertheless to lobby among the members. He is said to be absolutely rich, having made above $200,000, or as much as the President of the United States can honestly save in eight years. Thus do we see what mighty dividends arise from the accumulation of the $250,000,000 aforesaid. May it not strike many readers that the custom house system is iu itself a concentrated evil, particularly when duties are laid to accomplish a price iu the home-market, instead of with the object of satisfying the plain exaction of the revenue ? But, while Jayne may plead that he is an oflicer under the law, what sort of law was that passed like many acts of Congress, without challenge or reflection; which authorized tho Treasury department to delegate to persons other than official the d iscovcry of evasions of the revenue r Mere a new set ot spies appear upon the scene, of whom Sauboru is the chief. This man is a commonplace, keen-eyed, business-faced fellow, also in the de tective line. lie is the Identical person to whom Banjamin Butler suggested that he should take a Boston hotel-register and have it photographed, in order to ap pear to put a Western member of Congress inimical to Butler in improper relations with certain females also regis tered there. This photographed registry was then disseminated through tho member's district : and there beiran that in discriminate parade of the weakness of public meu 111 tilings non-esseutial and non-official, which has been, on the whole, of no satisfaction, cither to the public service or purity of tho press. Yet such a fellow, the tool of an assassin, is also proved to have become rich by the secret practice of discovering evasions in the domestic revenue, and in nearly every case his discovery was so commonplace that a blind official might have gone to the spot. It is palpable that this Taw was made to increase the area of moiety, aud transfer from the treasury large sums of money to spies, counsel and officials, all together in the conspiracy. The burden, of such villainy as tho above is to be traced directly to but two or three meu in the Congress of the Uni ted States, (jreucral ISutler is the person who is the medium of nearly tho whole of such turpitude, devised iu the depart ments, lie is mo counsel tor both the spy and the sufferer. And yet, iu the absence of Mr. Dawes, he has assumed to be the leader of Congress, aud, it is whis pered, win support Dawes for tho Unit ed States Senate, combining for that pur pose me vote ot the Berkshire members with such in the East as he can control. POLK AND WISE. The nomination of Mr. Polk was the result of au intrigue oonceived for the purpose of defeating Air. Van Buren, who was the unnuestioned choice of a majority of the Democratic party. The sinister combinations necessary to the success of the plot, by which such dis tinguished chaniDioua of the nartv as i;oionei ueuioii ana uas W right were r . - ... . :--- disobliged aud disaffected, led to embar rassmeuts and complications which ham pcred and obstructed the administration, ana operated to the preiudice of Mr, Polk and the good name of the country, lie was not a great mau. using that oual- ifvinar word in the sense uaimllr emnlnv. ed to describe the most distinguished of 111 contemporaries; but tie was blame- loss in ins private life, of fair capacity. excellent judgment, good common sense, patriotic intentions, and uncommon mor al courage. Physically, he had no stom ach for a fight, and when Wise assaulted Him in the itotuuda of the Capitol, iu stead of catling him to account for the affront, he passed it by with comparative indifference. He was Speaker of the House at the time, and Wise, who was always impetuous and hot-headed when there was not more to gain by controlling ins temper, rescuieu some landed injus tice 111 uie ruling 01 llio chair. The at fair mado some stir at the time, aud Geu-erel Jackson was disgusted that an insult so gross should not have been settled in accordance with the rules that then reg ulated the conduct of men of honor. An Old Staffer, tn Harper's Magazine fur March. WALKING HORSES. One of tho most desirable and valua bie gaits for ahorse is a walk, aud it should bo the aim to first develop this gait in the handling of the colt. The good walker will always make good time on the road when a day's journeying to be made, without wearying himself, while the slow nioper must be constantly kept on ine trot ir tune is to be made. A horse that will walk five miles per hour will go as far in a day, confined to this gait, as an ordinary horse can bo driven when kept half of the time to tho trot and with much greater case to himself. If one-half the pains were taken by farm ers' boys to make fast walkers of the youngsters on the farni that Is usually taken to make them trot, the result would be much more beneficial, and we would find plenty of teams that could do their five miles au hour with ease. But instead of this, as soon as tho colt is bri died, the sole aim of "tho boys" is to make a trotter of him, and both gaits arc spoiled. Make the colts walk, boys, make them extend themselves iu a long, sweeping, square walk, and don't be satisfied with anything less than five miles an hour. When he gets to trotting he will go all the faster for this preliminary training to the walking gait; and if he cannot trot fast enough to beat Dexter, or Goldsmith Maid, or Occident, he will have a gait that is valuable for business purposes. Wo hope to sue more attention paid to fast walking than heretofore, aud wo respectfully urge upon agricultural societies the importance of ottering liberal prizes for walking hrrses at tho fairs for'the coming year. National Lire Stovk Journal. WHY? Why Is the wrong so strong. And the right so weak and poor? Why goes black bread to the patient man, And gold to the evil door? Why dies the noble cause We perilled life to save. While the baleful growth of an upstart sin U'ershadows a nation's graver Why died that widow's son? Tie was all she had to bless. The children crowd round the selfish heart, And gain but a cold caress. Who reads the riddle right? And who can answer whv These clouds sweep over our mortal life? .Not you, brave priest, nor 1. Why came a throbbing pain To that heart so firm and fair. While tho crown of wealth of blithesome health Some ieser angcis wear? Why went that young life out On honor's perilous road? The carping tongue and the jealous mind ray nere 10 wpunu and goad. A picture once I saw Three crosses against the skv : And the heaviest cross was the highest one : Perhaps that answers why. To wave the banner and wreath Was the privilege of the Jew : But the boon to carry that heavy cross was reserved, dear Lord! tor you. A WOMAN'S POCKET. The most difficult thing to reach is a woman's pocket. This Is especially the case if the dress is hung up in a closet, and the man is in a hurry. Wo think we are safe in saying that he always is 'fast' 011 such au occasion. The owner of the dress is in the sitting room serenely engrossed in a book. Having told him that the article which he is in quest of is in her dress pocket in the closet she has discharged her whole duty iu the matter, and can afford to feel serene, lie goes at. the task with a dim consciousness that he has been there before, but says nothing. On opening the closet door and finding himself confronted with a number of dresses, all turned inside out, and presenting a most formidable front, he has tens back to ask "which dress i" and be ing told the brown one, and also asked if she has so many dresses that thero need bo any great clfort to find the right one, be returns to tho closet with alacrity, and soon has his hands ou tho brown dress. It is inside out like the rest a fact he docs not uoticc, however, until he has made several ineffectual attempts to get his hand into it. Then he turns it around very carefully and passes over the pocket several times without being aware of it. A nervous moving of his hands, and au appoarauce of prespiration 011 his fore head aro prcceptiblo. lie now dives one hand in at the back, and feeling around, finds a place, and proceeds to explore it, when he discovers that he is following up the inside of a lining. The nervous ness increases, also the prespiration. He twitches the dress 011 the hook, and suddenly the pocket, white plump and exas perating, comes to view. I hen ho sighs the relief he feels, and is mentally grateful ho did not allow himself to use any offensive expressions. It is all right now. lhereisthe pocket in plain view not the inside but the outside aud all ho has to do is to put his hand right around in the inside and take out tho article, lie can't help but smile to think how near ho was to getting mad. Theu ho puts his hand around to tho other side. He does uot feel the opening, ile pushes a littlo further now ho has got it he shoves the hand down, and is very much surprised to sec it appear opposite his knees. 11c had made a mistake. He tries again again he feels the eutrance aud glidA down it only to appear again as before. ibis makes him open las eyes and straighten his face. He feels of tho outside of the pocket, pinches it curiously, lifts it up, shakes it, and after peering closely about the roofs of it, he says "lty uracious I" and commences again, lie does it calmly this time because hurrying ouiy makes matters worse, ile holds up breadth after breadth, goes over them carefully, gets his baud first into a lin ing, then into the air again, (where it always surmises him when it annpRi-sA and finally into a pocket, and is about to cry out w Ith triumph, when he discovers that it is in tho pocket to another dress. Ile is mad now ; the closet air almost sti fles him ; he is so nervous he can hardly contain himself, and the pocket looks at him so exaspcratcly that he cannot help but "plug" it with his clenched fist, and immediately docs it. Being somewhat relieved bv this performance he has a chance to look about him, and sees that he has put his foot through a baud-box and into the crown of his wife's bonnet : has broken the brim of his Panama hat which was hanging in the same closet. and torn about a yard of bugle trimming from a new cloak. As all this trouble is due directly to his wife's infatuation in hanging up her dresses uisido out, he immediately starts after her, and impetuously urging her to the closet, excitedly and almost profanely intimates his doubts of there being a pocket iu the dress, any way. 1 lie cause ot the uuliappy disaster quietly inserts her hand inside the robe, aud directly brings it forth with the sought for article in its clasp. He doesn't know why, but this makes him madder than anything else. Danbury News. . TEXAN SPORT. Sportsmen find au agreeable abiding place iu Texas. On the prairies almost every kind of wild animals abound. In the Northwest are the wild horse or mustang and the fierce buffalo. The deer and the antelope, the moose aud the mountain goat arc plentiful, not to mention tho jaguars, the' pumas, wild-cats, black bears, ocelots, wolves and foxes, and such smaller game as peccaries, opossums, raccoons, hares, rabbits and squirrels. A special feature of wild life is the Crairio dog or marmot, dwelling iu holes 11 r rowed iu the ground. Their numbers are so great that the traveler may sometimes journey tor days together without losing sight of them. The leathered tribe are also abundant, including birds of prey and birds of sport. There is tho bald-headed caglo and the Mexican eagle, vultures, owls, hawks, wild turkeys, wild gcoso, prairie hens, canvas-baok and other ducks, teal, braudt, pheasants, quails, grouse, woodcocks, pigeons, partridges, snipes, plovers, rod-birds and turtle doves, lty the waters arc also found the crane, the swan, the pelican, the water turkey, nnd the kingfisher. The smaller birds aro numerous, and among them many of the most brilliant plumage, as tho oriole, the paroquet, the cardinal, tho whippoorwill, and the sweet-toned mocking-bird. Blackbirds abound, anil woodpeckers, blue-jays, starlings, red-birds, swallows, martens and wrens. In tho rivers and bays, there arc all the varieties of water-life from alligators to perch, pike, trout, green turtles and oysters. 3?" Mr. Ituscoe, of St. Joseph, was green enough to keep a pet coon, and the other day that coon broke his chain ami attacked Miss Ruscoc, biting her in a frightful manner. Her father ran to her rescue when the coon bit him severely, nipping one finger clear off and disfiguring both hands. A lot of dogs were brought to the rescue, and the coon whipped them, but was finally killed with clubs. We don't suppose Mr. R. would piiy a very handsome price for another pet coon. MISCELLANEOUS. THOMAS A. HOWARD, 31. !., Pliysiciau axid Surgeon, FlLTO., BIISSOISII. OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Fulton and vicinity. Oflice over l)r, Jan. 2,1871, Tucker's Ilrug store. (-iy.) I.. IV. McKIXNEV, ATTORNS "2T-A TXL A W, FllYTOX, JHISSOl'RI, PRACTICES la the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Oikick (For the present) in the Tf.i.e- r.HAiMi I'rinting House. January 1'!, 1874. (20-tf.) ROBERT McPHEETERS, t oxcono, mo. TAEEf)S, MORTGAGES, &e., prepared on 'reasonable terms. January 2, 1S74. 17-tf A. W. HARRIS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, FULTON, MISSOURI- WILL attend to all cases entrusted to his care in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and in theSuprcniu Court of Missouri. B Particular and prompt attention given to collections. Office In Court House with I. W. Boul-wakk, Esq. January 2.1S74. S-tf. . E. M. BRYAftS, IV3. D., BARKERSVILLE, MO. TRESPECTFULLY TENDERS his professional services to the public. Can at. all hours be found at his olhcc unlessprotes-(25-ly) siouallv absent. May"!), 187,1. I i-. Ci . TVI. T2, o o t e w , DENTIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) IS now fully proparcd to perforin all Dental operations in the best an:l most scientific manner. All work warranted. Ofkicf. Over old Bank, Court street, Fulton, Mo. January 2, 1S74. 7 ly JNO. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Offick In the Court House. January 2, 1874. 8-Iy-l D. P. BA.IL1UY, Attorney at Law, FULTON,MISSOURI. WILL practice iu tho Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties. Okfick with I. W. HotTLWAitK in the Court House. Jan uary 2, 1374. 8 ly. Furniture Store. HENRY RABSAHL Has oponed a Furniture Store in CEDAR CITY, Mo., AND will keep constantly on hand a fine assortment of stock in this line of trade. He -will keep rose-wood, velvet and black walnut Cofllns. ltepairing and Upholstery and Cabinet work of all kinds will he done to order. Orders from a distance will meet with prompt attention. All persons are hereby warned that my prices both for labor and goods are in strict conformity to the hard times. So give me a call and thereby patronize and support home industry. II EX It V ltAKSAHL. Feb. 20. 1S74. (13-lini.) TZ. .T. PATTERSON, -AXD- Corncr Asylum and Nichols street, ITULTOIvi MISSOURI. O: -pETURNIXC, thanks for past favors and JLw respectfully reuuci't a continuance of the Panic. I desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Confections, Also, always on hand, . And .1 good assortment of C A. Iv ITu . Orders Tor Weddings and Parties So licited. March 7, 1873. (lC-tf.) C O TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal H to any in North Missouri, aud the most beautiful PORCLA1M PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can he had anywhere. A few copiea of PHOTOGRAPH!! HAERIASS CEMIFiSATES, SI ill on hand. Special pains taken with Ckildren, and in Copying. J4I.I.F.UY Over lis' Drug Store. March :U, 1S71. Ilcnloii Si. liar. 20-tf. 1 FARM FOR SALE. miiK I aeeSheley.dee'd.ii ml situated about three miles west of New ISIoouitielil, Callaway county, Mo., is olt'c red at. private sale. It consists of 320 acres of the best finality of timbered upland, about 1 IU acres in cultivation, mod-erateiuiprovumeiits. A lasting spring of water is on the land. Persons desiring to purchase the same will call on J. A. Nichols, on the premises, who will take pleasure iu showing the land. For terms of sale, they will address me at Independence, Mo. The title is perfect . .1 A M KS K . S 1 1 K L K Y , Kx'r of the last will and tvstament of Horace Sheley, decM. January 2, 1S71. Ls-tfJ MISCELLANEOUS. IMAJRTIIV HOUSE, MCYItO, MISSOUIII, JAMES W. BROWN, Proprietor. rrilllS house is thoroughly refitted and 1 furnished. Accommodations equal to any house in Mexico. The traveling public is respectfully invited to give this house a trial before going elsewhere. .Ian. Hi. 174. 10-3m. T. (Successor fo C. M. Wright & Co.) DEALER IX Paints and Oils, TOllet ilrticles, JDlZTtt STUFFS, PURE LIQUORS, For Medical Purposes. COURT STREET, FULTON, MO. C. M. WEIGHT, SALESMAN. April 11, 1S73. 21-1 y. CALLAWAY COUNTY avings Bank, PULTON, 31 0. EDWIN CURD W. T. SJiELL .-President. Cashier. DIRECTORS : D. M. TUCKER, JNO. A. IIOCKADAY, T. B. NESCIT, V. T. SXELU, EDWIN CURD. "TTriUU do a General Banking and Ex- Vf change Business. Collections and Re mittances Promptly Made, .lanuary 2fls74. (8-tf.) BLACKSMITH ING, AND HORSE SHOEING. T" AM NOW prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmithing in the neatest, most substantial and ex peditious manner. A1A WORK WARRANTED. IIOItSlC-SHOJEIJVO fl.50 I will pay especial atiention tori 0 R S E SHOEING, And Halter myself that 1 can give entire satisfaction to all who favor me with their pat ronage. 1 employ only ttrst class workmen and superintend all work done at mv estab lishment. Shop on Nichols street, just be hind Tkleokapii olhce. A. SLOAN. Oct. 13, 1871. 48-tf.j Dissolution Notice.- THE partnership heretofore exisiting between Jonas Crijrler and Henry Bragg, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. JONAS CRIULER, HENRY BRAGG. I wish to inform my friends and customers that I can bo found in the building formerly occupied by (iWes Bell, on Columbia street. prepared to furnish them with fresh Beef, I'ork and Mutton, at very low prices for cash only. Steak at...'. ...10 cts. Roast at 7 cts. Pork at... 7 cts. Sausage at 10 cts. HENRY BRAGG. Nov. 21, 1873. L'2-tf.l Mew Bloomfield BRU& STORE. rrilllS establishment is now in receipt of a 2 lull line ot all articles kept 111 hrst class urug stores, sucn as PURE lTUOS, Medicines and Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, stationery, uns, Paints aud Dye Stuffs, Lamps and Coal Oil and Patent Medicines ! CHOICE CIGAES ANB TOBACCO! T1IK BKST OF hih :ri Wines, Kept 011 hand, strictly for Medical Purposes. y2rPrescrilioii9 Carefully Coiu- pouiuieu. 'toa J. s. Dec. 5, 1S73. MAKER HI. I. (4-3m.) TAK"FI3T TJ3r "TjY.Tohn M. Baker, liviHr in Bourhon J y township, Callaway county, Wo., and posted before the undersigned, a Justice of the lVaee, a stray Steer of the following description, to-wit: About two years old at this lime, red, with white snots, markedunder-bit in right ear. Appraised to $18. (Jiven under my hand this 20th day of January, A. I)., 1S74. Wm. McGIIKE, .1. I. Feb. C, 1871. L13-3W. IN THE BIBLE. BY the author of "Xight Scenes in the ItiUe" and "Our Father's House." of wlin h nearly 200.000 have beer. sold. "Home Life" is commended by ministers of all churches as "the author's best book" "full of precious thoughts," "Truths precious as gene!.-' "a choice book for every family," .Sif. Steel engraviinrs. rose tinted paper, rich binding and lor rapid sale unequalled. Agents, Young Men, Ladies, Teachers, and Clergymen wanted in every county; $73 to $100 per mnii'li. Send for circular. . zi:h;m:ei sict iiuoi', r.o:i N'. Gih street, St. Louis, Mo. March 13, 1S74. U3w. For Sale or Rent. THE Subscribers will sell at a great bargain the lll;iti:i: MII.I. near Big-bee station together with 10 acres of land, upon which it is situated. There are upon this property three good tenement houses; also a good "coal bank on the premises. K. W. tUIJK.M AN, W m. V. RICKEY. Feb. 27, 1X71. L10-tf. Hi:si; ATION AS (UIARDIAX. -fOTICK is hereby given that 1 will, at the next May term of the Callaway county court, cnmuic ncin&ron Monday, Mav is, ls,t, resign my guardianship on. the es tates 01 Amanita c, and )ora M. Ilavs. 1J. S. HAYS. (Snar. Feb. -20. 1S71. (l.Vlw.) MISCELLANEOUS. PAUL WRIGHT. WILLIAM D1CU. . . t. . Wright, Dicus! & Co., GENERAL -l Commission Merchants No. IO 8. COMMERCIAL IT.' ST. LOUIS, : MISSOURI. 116.6m. -. Feb. 27, 1874. CITY RESTAURANT VALEKTIKE BECK, .Pn'r. "It TEALS at all honrg. Table at all thneft iyl f-unnlied with the belt the market af fords. Charges reasonable. Patronage a Ucited from the public. lec. m, J8il. (6-3m.) INSURANCE AGENCY. IF1. S. POST03ST. REPRESENTS THE - ! L' ,t Mutual Lift luuuei Cc d Assets Jan. 1. T3, 34,93,141.1S.k fire compacted; CONTINENTAL INS. CO. OF N. TORI, Assets, - 92,394(9MtSl PHOENIX OF HARTFORD. ' " Assets, Jan. 1, 73, $l,a3,4.ft AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., Of ST. LOUIS, M0. ; Assets ...S544,43.t. ST. JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE IXS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. , ; - Assets 494,lT.r. These Companies are all A No. I.1 The" rates are fair, and those desirinjr insurance should call on the undersigned at one.! , F. 6. POSTON. August 8, 1873. 39-1 JT. FULTON, MISSOURI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000; Wltu Power to Increase Sana te 20,000. ; F. G. NICIIOLS, .......Pftaljrr. WM. L. WHEELER, Cashim. WTUAj Buy and Sll Exchange oa St. tl 1 Louis and Eastern Cities: also. Gold Silver. County and City Warrants aud Vucar rent Money. t&" Accommodation? Afforded, Deposit! Received and Collections Made Promptly, and Remitted at Current Rates on Exchange. Boakd of Directors. F. O. Nichols, I. W. Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W. Turemaa and Win. II. Bailey. May 30, 1873. 25 Iy.l city Boot and Shoe Store! LOOK OUT FOR AND GO TO WILLIAMSOltf'D, Southwest Corner Public Square, - ALL LOWTOR CASH J ' Gents' Calf Sewed Boots, ' .' CJcnts' Calf Pegged Boo. 8, Gents' Kip Pegged Boots, . , y Boys' Calf Pegged Boots, ' ' Youths' Calf aud Kip B00I1. And the Best taiseal.of , - ;", MEN'S AND BOYS' 'SHOES Ladies' Fine French Kid Shoes, (frout and side lace ;) Misses French Kid , d Shoes, (front and side lace.) Also the most complete assortment ot Childrcns' Wear in Callaway county. mahwactIid mt . lie is prepared to manufacture all klnde 1 of MEN'S "WEAK in the best manner, of the best material and a perfect fit. NO FIT, NO PAY. CALL ON A TTT' 11 vv liimmson. Southwest Corner Public Square. , October 10, 1873. (40-tf.) M Lost. Era Msrl Just published, a new edltiou ot or. cuiverwell'B Cele brated Essay on the radical cure (w ithout medicine) of Spermatorrhea! or Seminal Weakness. Involuntary Semini.t Losses, liu potency. Mental and Physical In capacity, impediments to Marriage, etc.; also. Consumption. Epilepsy and Tits. In- 1 1 1 1 ...wl In. o.l i.i.li,ls..i.w. . - . gance. Beer I'rice in sealed envelope only 6 cents. The celebrated author, in thin mdmlrabla essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarniinjf consequences of self-abuse may be radically' cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the Vnife; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain ami effectual, by means of which every sullerer. no mutter wb.it hi rnndiilnn may be. may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. every youth and every man in the laud. . Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cento, or two post stamps. -iuurees me l'lioiisnen, CHAS. J. C KLINE (k CO., 12T Bowery, New York. Post Olllee Box, (45S. Jan. 30, 1874. lMf. WE DO ALL KINDS OF JGB PRIM ting at less than St. Louis rates, aud ia letter style. , MUM: